Google is rolling out Gemini for Home, a smarter AI assistant for Nest and Google Home devices. Here’s what’s new — and what to try first once your speaker gets the upgrade.

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

One of the widgets offered by the Google app has been a shortcut for accessing your Home Routines. In the latest Google app beta, the Routines widget is no longer available. This loss arrives right in ...

Google appears to be prepping a number of changes for the Home app on Android, including AI-powered insights. How you create new routines and automations could be getting a UI makeover, including the ...

Smart home devices are so common that it's challenging to find things that aren't connected or smart. With numerous products and brands, managing our smart homes and integrating devices from different ...

For the past several weeks, the Google Home app’s Routines creator and editor had an edge-to-edge bug on Android 16, and a fix is now here. As of Google Home 3.37, various buttons at the top and ...

Pixel owners on Android 16 are having edge-to-edge issues with the Routines creator and editor in the Google Home app. When creating or editing Routines in the Automations tab, some interface elements ...

Smart home controls mean you never have to manually flip a light switch again or get up to adjust the thermometer. In your home, where you know the routines and voice comments and, most importantly, ...

Google is taking a big step toward making your smart home feel, well, smart, by baking in Gemini AI into the Home APIs that developers use to build their own apps and devices. Announced during Google ...

Early access for Gemini for Home is rolling out to US users, and it works on every Google speaker and display since 2016. Expect more natural voice control now, with broader locales planned in early ...